Numbers 7:2:9Num.7.2.W9TAB
הַמַּטֹּ֔ת
hamatot
“of the tribes”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-TOT
- Extended
- hah-mah-TOHT
- IPA
- /ham.maˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the tribes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ma-TOT
- phraseyour reading level
ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT
- clause
HEM ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT HEM ha-om-DIM al-hap-keu-DIM
- sentence
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM HEM ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT HEM ha-om-DIM al-hap-keu-DIM
Exegesis
A second construct chain, nesi’ei hamatot {נְשִׂיאֵי הַמַּטֹּ֔ת | nəsî’ê hammattōṯ} ‘leaders of the tribes,’ adds an administrative qualification.
In context — Numbers 7:2
And they brought near the leaders of Israel, the heads of the house of their fathers—these were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones standing over the counted .
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 7:2, so the Hebrew word הַמַּטֹּ֔ת (hamatot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.7.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.2.W9.S1) and character.